Hello, On 06/27/2012 03:14 PM, Alex Shi wrote: > On 06/27/2012 01:53 PM, Minchan Kim wrote: > >> On 06/26/2012 01:14 AM, Seth Jennings wrote: >> >>> This patch adds support for a local_tlb_flush_kernel_range() >>> function for the x86 arch. This function allows for CPU-local >>> TLB flushing, potentially using invlpg for single entry flushing, >>> using an arch independent function name. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> Anyway, we don't matter INVLPG_BREAK_EVEN_PAGES's optimization point is 8 or something. > > > Different CPU type has different balance point on the invlpg replacing > flush all. and some CPU never get benefit from invlpg, So, it's better > to use different value for different CPU, not a fixed > INVLPG_BREAK_EVEN_PAGES. I think it could be another patch as further step and someone who are very familiar with architecture could do better than. So I hope it could be merged if it doesn't have real big problem. Thanks for the comment, Alex. -- Kind regards, Minchan Kim _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
